Monday, December 8th 2008
First Series of AMD Kuma Benchmarks Posted
AMD is releasing its dual-core desktop processor based on the 65nm K10 architecture, codenamed Kuma. One of the first SKUs based on the core, the Athlon X2 7750, has been evaluated by Donanim Haber. The Athlon X2 7750 comes with a clock-speed of 2.70 GHz, and a HyperTransport 3.0 system interface. It has 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and a shared L3 cache of 2 MB. Donanim Haber put this chip to test on a Foxconn A7DA-S (AMD 790 GX + SB750) motherboard, with 2 GB of 800 MHz DDR2 memory. It was compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E8200, Core 2 Duo E8400, Core 2 Duo E6420, AMD Phenom X3 8750 and Athlon X2 5200+ (Brisbane), all running at stock speeds.
The chips were put through 3DMark06 (CPU Score), Cinebench 10 (64-bit), wPrime 1.55 (32M), and Fritz Chess. Additionally, the Cinebench 10 test was run with the chip overclocked to 3.30 GHz. The evaluation shows the Athlon X2 7750 "Kuma" to be seated somewhere between the Athlon X2 5200+ and Core 2 Duo E8200 on a broader scale. The addition of the L3 cache, among other K10-specific optimisations, seems to give the Kuma a definite edge over the Athlon X2 5200+ "Brisbane", which runs at the same clock speed, though it doesn't quite match up to the Core 2 Duo E8200, although it manages to beat it at wPrime.
The reviewers ran the same tests with the chip clocked at 3.10 GHz, along with a Cinebench run at 3.30 GHz. The overclock they managed after an AMD Overdrive session was 3.40 GHz.
Source:
Donanim Haber
25 Comments on First Series of AMD Kuma Benchmarks Posted
bta, do you know the wattage of this cpu and price it might be released at?
How could a company with so much past potential have gotten so lost?
Mindless "fandom" for Intel OR AMD put aside for one moment, it really is sad that AMD is not putting up a better fight.
Imagine how much cheaper the i7 I am buying next year would be if they where ... :\
Lets go back to the 2.4Ghz and throw in another core for Intel, why not even go back 3 years in technology for Intel and compare the Q6600 with the Athlon C3 codenamed whatever.
Im an AMD fanboy, but fact is, they are way behind. I cant wait for them to catch up, but this aint the year for it.
they are doing pretty well at the combo market. Their integrated chipset + Video + X3 proc is the best value in entertainment now. They are real value for customers who usually will not notice that extra 10FPS in games or extra 5 secs that an I can finish in encoding stuff. I recently finished a Quad core Phenom 9750 machine for $325 complete no carry over parts all new. 9750 @2.6Ghz + Crucial Ballistix 4GB ram + WD green 1TB HDD + Samsung DVDRW + 72 in 1 Sony card reader all in Antec Slim case (minuet 350). He is extremely happy with his new machine, saved over $150 (compared to C2D system with same specs). It was his choice and money played an important role.
I am sure AMD will come back into the game when ready.
:toast:Thats funny:roll:
This review is much more representative of what the real world performance of Kuma will be:
That doesn't change the fact that the IPC of the core hasn't changed since it's still based on the K8 but still, games and most real life apps will see good gains.
And yea idk wtf happened at amd, i realize they bought ATI but i fail to understand how that caused their employee's to think less constructively...but i hope these phenom II's are at least better than the c2 series. that would be a decent step since the i7's aren't that much better than the c2 series and the fact that ATI's top CPU is only supposed to be $275 i have hope for their market share to increase.
Not bad in comparison and I agree about the performance crown, but I was still hoping to see it be more competitive or at least win more bench marks.